Press button closure band



1945- J. PERSIN 2,382,907

PRESS BUTTON CLOSURE BAND Filed June 3, 1939 Patented Aug. 14, 1945PRESS BUTTON CLOSURE BAND Jean Persln, Paris, France; vested in the vAllen Property Custodian Application June 3, 1939, Serial No. 277,308 Inthe Netherlands June 3, 1938 4 Claims.

It is known to provide strips or bands of textile fabric material withpress-button closure elements, as in the case of detachable shirt cuifs.It has been found, however, that the places where the said elements areattached to the band, will show a great deal of wear and that the band,particularly when shirts and cuffs are treated in the washing machine,will be torn to pieces.

The present invention has for its purpose to obviate the said drawbacks.The essential feature of the said invention resides in the fact that theband is provided in a longitudinal direction with one or morestripe-shaped areas which have a greater tensile strength than theremainder of the band. This greater strength may be obtained by usingstronger warp threads for the said area. It is not necessary that thethreads in question he thicker, if only they are stronger. The saidgreater strength may also be obtained by using a larger number of warpthreads per unit of width of the band. These means of reinforcement mayalso be used in combination with each other. In the case of bands forshirt cuffs use will be generally made of a reinforced longitudinalcentral area on which the press button elements are applied. For otherpurposes the closure elements may be located on a laterally offsetlongitudinal area or stripe or on a plurality of such areas. In order toexemplify the invention, the accompanying drawing shows embodiment ofthe invention in a band or strip for incorporation in a detchable shirtcut! or the like, without limitation of the invention thereto.

In the drawings- Figure 1 is a perspective view showing embodiment ofthe invention in a detachable shirt cufl arrangement, wherein both theshirt sleeve and the detachable cufl are providedwith bands or strips inaccordance with the present invention, on the reinforced areas of whichthe male and female snap button elements or equivalent fastener elementsar mounted; and

Figure 2 is a plan view on an enlarged scale of a strip or bandaccording to the present invention showing the longitudinal reinforcedarea spaced from the sides of the strip or band, with snap buttonelements secured spacedly along the reinforced area.

Referring in detail to the drawing, the banding the reinforced area Imay be obtained in any desired manner. In the embodiment illustrated inFigure 2, the warp threads I of the area I are thicker and stronger thanthe warp threads of the unreinforced side areas 2 and 3.

\ In the arrangement shown in Figure 1 of the drawins, bands or stripsaccording to the present invention are attached to the shirt cuff 6 andto the shirt sleeve to which the cuff is to be detachably secured bycoaction of the snap fastener elements.

The band or strip may be of any desired kind of textile fabric, e. g.,of silk or of figured satin cotton, etc., or of a combination ofdifferent materials. Warp and weft threads may be different. The stripmay be provided with rounded or other selvedges. In a band with areinforced longitudinal central area I the warp may consist for exampleof 156 double warp threads, of which 36 in the center are of No. 60/2and colored, while 120 other warps are of No. 80/2 and uncolored. Theweft may then be formed over the entire length of the area by} glazedcotton threads No. 60/2, 32 per cm. only serves by way of a singleexample.

I claim:

1. A detachable cuff or the like, comprising a single ply textile tape,a part of said tape being woven with additional reinforcing threadsproviding an elongated relatively narrow integrally woven reinforcedarea, said additional threads being of greater tensile strength andresistance comprises a reinforced longitudinal central area or stripe iand two unreinforced side areas 2 and I. The press or snap buttons 4 areattached at intervals to the reinforced area I in any conventionalmanner. The reinforcement constitutto abrasion than the threads of theunreinforced areas of the tape, and fastener elements secured atintervals to said reinforced area.

2. A detachable cuff or the like, comprising a single ply textile tape,a part of said tape being woven with additional reinforcing threadsproviding an elongated relatively narrow integrally woven reinforcedarea, said additional threads being of greater tensile strength andresistance to abrasion than the threads woven in unreinforced areas ofthe tape, and fastener elements secured at intervals to said reinforcedarea, said reinforcing threads comprising warp threads.

3. A detachable cuff or the like, comprising a single ply textile tape,a part of said tape being woven with additional reinforcing threadsproviding an elongated relativel narrow integrally reinforcing threadscomprising additional warp threads per unit of width of the reinforcedarea than are woven in the said unreinforced areas of the tape.

4. A detachable cuff or the like, comprising a single ply textile tape.a port of said tape being woven with additional reinforcing threadsproviding an elongated relatively narrow integrally woven reinforcedarea, said additional threads being of greater tensile strength andresistance m to abrasion than the threads woven in unreinforced areas ofthe tape, andfastener elements secured at intervals to said reinforcedarea, said reinforcing threads comprising additional warp threads perunit of width of the reinforced area,

said warp threads being individually stronger and more resistant thanthose woven in the minforced areas of the tape.

JEAN PERSIN.

